Space Drones: An Opportunity to Include, Engage, Accelerate, and Advance

Abstract

An autonomy revolu on is underway on Earth, and autonomous vehicles are being employed in space to enable diverse missions including on Mars 1 , Titan 2 , and other Ocean Worlds. Miniaturized sensors, hardware, novel materials and structures, addi ve manufacturing, machine learning, and other advancements are being integrated to enable capabili es once firmly in the realm of science fic on. Machine learning is being applied to predic ve maintenance, trajectory op miza on, genera ve designs, improved quality control, training, robot percep on, autonomous decision making, and other areas.